
DataViz Challenge – April 2025
📢 Everyone is talking about the trade deficit these days—let’s add some context for Romania too.
Therefore, the RomanianDATA Tribe Tribe Challenge for April 2025 is:
➡ Romania’s International Trade ⬅
📊 Data Source:
The dataset includes official trade data showcasing Romania’s import and export activities by country.
🔗 Original visualization and data source: National Institute of Statistics – Romania, https://lnkd.in/dvtuqPwn
📊 Access the dataset (with a few data prep challenges) here: https://lnkd.in/dYASkUcw
⚡ The Challenge ⚡
🔹 Create a compelling data visualization highlighting insights about Romania’s international trade (using the provided dataset).
Optional: Enrich your analysis with additional data (found on the original data source) to provide a deeper perspective 🚀📊
⚡ A data preparation twist!
Data is not always clean, and working with messy data is a real-world challenge for analysts. That’s why we’ve intentionally left a few data preparation challenges in the dataset—so you can practice cleaning and transforming raw information before diving into visualization.
⏳ Submission Deadline: April 20 ⏳
🚀 Why should you participate?
The main benefits:
🔹 Enhance your data analytics and visualization skills.
🔹 Expand your data analytics portfolio and boost your career.
🔹 Join a passionate community of data professionals. All participants are invited to our Slack Workspace, where we discuss industry trends, provide feedback, share job opportunities, and collaborate.
🔹 Contribute to better data visualizations in Romania.
❗ Eligibility ❗
1️⃣ Submit before the deadline 🕔
2️⃣ Fill in ✍️ the participation tracker (https://lnkd.in/dnanZMY9), then share your visualization on LinkedIn using #RomanianDATA, #RomanianDATATribe and tag RomanianDATA Tribe (so we can find your submission 😉).
🏆 Ranking Criteria:
The winners will be determined based on a weighted vote:
🔹 Public Votes: 30%
🔹 Co-Leaders Votes: 70% (evaluated by Sergiu Rotaru and Claudiu Ionuț Anghelescu)
🤞 Happy vizzing!
Challenge Submissions

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